Savannah: A weak but resilient Tropical Storm Elsa killed at least one person and injured several others in Florida on Wednesday when a potential tornado hit a campground Navy Based in Southeast Georgia.
National Hurricane Center Elsa’s winds have weakened to 40 mph (65 kph) as it made its way into southern South Carolina early Thursday. Elsa will move over South Carolina and North Carolina later in the day, pass near the eastern mid-Atlantic states by Thursday night, and pass near or over the northeastern United States on Friday.
Some re-strengthening is possible Thursday night and Friday while the system moves closer to the northeastern United States.
A Tropical Storm Warning is now in effect from Great Egg Inlet, New Jersey north to Sandy Hook, New Jersey, and eastward along the south coast from East Rockaway Inlet to the coast of Long Island and eastward from Port Jefferson Harbor. North Coast. A warning is also in effect from New Haven, Connecticut to the Merrimack River, Massachusetts, including Cape Cod, Block Island, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket.
Elsa seemed to save Florida from significant damage, although it still threatened flooding rains and several tornado warnings. The coasts of Georgia and South Carolina were under tropical storm warnings. Economy Predicted that Elsa would remain a tropical storm on Friday, and issued a Tropical Storm Watch from North Carolina to Massachusetts.
Officials in Jacksonville, Florida, said one person was killed Wednesday after a tree fell and two cars were hit. National Weather Service Winds of up to 50 mph (80 kph) are reported in the city. According to Captain Eric Proswimmer of the Jacksonville Fire-Rescue Department, the tree fell during heavy rain and no one was injured.
“Now is the time to remember that the weather is unpredictable,” Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry said during a news conference Wednesday evening as he urged drivers to stay off the road. “It really is the beginning of (hurricane) season. We’re just outside the 4th of July holiday, our first storm has hit and, unfortunately, we’ve been hit by a death.
In nearby Camden County, Georgia, a potential tornado struck a park for recreational vehicles at Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base. Bass spokesman Scott Bassett said about 10 people were injured and taken to hospitals by ambulance. The extent of his injuries was not immediately clear. He said it appeared that some buildings on the base were also damaged.
Sergio rodriguez, who lives near the RV park, said that he rushed to the spot fearing injury to the friends living in the park. There was a tornado warning in the area on Wednesday evening.
“Just RVs were flipped on their sides, pickup trucks were flipped, some trailers were moved and some trailers were in the water,” Rodriguez said in a phone interview.
Cellphone videos filmed at the scene showed trees leaning against scattered debris. He said the ambulance arrived and began treating the astonished people, trying to understand what had happened.
“A bunch of people had wounds and they just moved around,” Rodriguez said. “Most people were in their trailer when it happened.”
The Hurricane Center said parts of Florida could see accumulations of up to 8 inches (20 centimeters) of total rain from the storm. Georgia and South Carolina were also at risk of flooding, with 3 to 5 inches (8 to 13 cm) of rain predicted. Some tornadoes are expected from southeast Georgia to the Coastal Plain of South Carolina on Thursday morning.
According to the website poweroutages.us, scattered power outages were being reported on Elsa’s way on Wednesday evening, with about 35,000 homes and businesses without power on either side of the Georgia-Florida state line.
The storm complicated the search for potential survivors and victims of a Miami-area condominium collapse on June 24. Despite this, the crew continued to search the wreckage of Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Florida, on the state’s southeast coast.
The storm temporarily halted demolition on the remainder of an overturned cargo ship off the coast of Georgia on Wednesday. The South Korean freighter Golden Ray capsized in September 2019 off St. Simons Island, about 70 miles (110 kilometers) south of Savannah. The crew has dismantled more than half the ship since November.
Most of the rescue workers were sheltering indoors on Wednesday, said Coast Guard Petty Officer Second Division Michael Himes, a spokesman for the multiagency command overseeing the demolition.
Himes said the crew will be watching to see if Elsa’s winds scatter any debris from the ship into the surrounding waters. The remains of the ship are open at both ends, as do a giant tube that lay on its side, and its cargo deck still holds hundreds of wrecked and damaged cars.
It was humid and cloudy Wednesday in Edisto Beach, South Carolina.
Mayor Jane Darby said, “The kind of day you can feel like the weather wants to go ahead.”
The forecast for Barrier Island, 30 miles (48 kilometers) below the coast from Charleston, was similar to a heavy summer thunderstorm – an inch or two (2.5 to 5 centimeters) of rain, gusts of about 40 mph (64 kph). Winds blowing from And maybe a little beach erosion. Similar conditions were expected at other South Carolina beaches, which tend to haunt visitors during the extremely busy summer, mostly overnight.
“Businesses are struggling much more with workers in short supply than they are troubled by this storm,” Darby said. “That’s where the tension is now.”
in between, US Coast Guard Said that 13 people were rescued from a boat that left Cuba with 22 people on board late Monday. Nine people remained missing. Elsa was also convicted of three deaths before reaching Florida in the Caribbean.
Elsa is the first fifth named storm on record, said Brian McNoldy, a hurricane researcher. Miami University.
National Hurricane Center Elsa’s winds have weakened to 40 mph (65 kph) as it made its way into southern South Carolina early Thursday. Elsa will move over South Carolina and North Carolina later in the day, pass near the eastern mid-Atlantic states by Thursday night, and pass near or over the northeastern United States on Friday.
Some re-strengthening is possible Thursday night and Friday while the system moves closer to the northeastern United States.
A Tropical Storm Warning is now in effect from Great Egg Inlet, New Jersey north to Sandy Hook, New Jersey, and eastward along the south coast from East Rockaway Inlet to the coast of Long Island and eastward from Port Jefferson Harbor. North Coast. A warning is also in effect from New Haven, Connecticut to the Merrimack River, Massachusetts, including Cape Cod, Block Island, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket.
Elsa seemed to save Florida from significant damage, although it still threatened flooding rains and several tornado warnings. The coasts of Georgia and South Carolina were under tropical storm warnings. Economy Predicted that Elsa would remain a tropical storm on Friday, and issued a Tropical Storm Watch from North Carolina to Massachusetts.
Officials in Jacksonville, Florida, said one person was killed Wednesday after a tree fell and two cars were hit. National Weather Service Winds of up to 50 mph (80 kph) are reported in the city. According to Captain Eric Proswimmer of the Jacksonville Fire-Rescue Department, the tree fell during heavy rain and no one was injured.
“Now is the time to remember that the weather is unpredictable,” Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry said during a news conference Wednesday evening as he urged drivers to stay off the road. “It really is the beginning of (hurricane) season. We’re just outside the 4th of July holiday, our first storm has hit and, unfortunately, we’ve been hit by a death.
In nearby Camden County, Georgia, a potential tornado struck a park for recreational vehicles at Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base. Bass spokesman Scott Bassett said about 10 people were injured and taken to hospitals by ambulance. The extent of his injuries was not immediately clear. He said it appeared that some buildings on the base were also damaged.
Sergio rodriguez, who lives near the RV park, said that he rushed to the spot fearing injury to the friends living in the park. There was a tornado warning in the area on Wednesday evening.
“Just RVs were flipped on their sides, pickup trucks were flipped, some trailers were moved and some trailers were in the water,” Rodriguez said in a phone interview.
Cellphone videos filmed at the scene showed trees leaning against scattered debris. He said the ambulance arrived and began treating the astonished people, trying to understand what had happened.
“A bunch of people had wounds and they just moved around,” Rodriguez said. “Most people were in their trailer when it happened.”
The Hurricane Center said parts of Florida could see accumulations of up to 8 inches (20 centimeters) of total rain from the storm. Georgia and South Carolina were also at risk of flooding, with 3 to 5 inches (8 to 13 cm) of rain predicted. Some tornadoes are expected from southeast Georgia to the Coastal Plain of South Carolina on Thursday morning.
According to the website poweroutages.us, scattered power outages were being reported on Elsa’s way on Wednesday evening, with about 35,000 homes and businesses without power on either side of the Georgia-Florida state line.
The storm complicated the search for potential survivors and victims of a Miami-area condominium collapse on June 24. Despite this, the crew continued to search the wreckage of Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Florida, on the state’s southeast coast.
The storm temporarily halted demolition on the remainder of an overturned cargo ship off the coast of Georgia on Wednesday. The South Korean freighter Golden Ray capsized in September 2019 off St. Simons Island, about 70 miles (110 kilometers) south of Savannah. The crew has dismantled more than half the ship since November.
Most of the rescue workers were sheltering indoors on Wednesday, said Coast Guard Petty Officer Second Division Michael Himes, a spokesman for the multiagency command overseeing the demolition.
Himes said the crew will be watching to see if Elsa’s winds scatter any debris from the ship into the surrounding waters. The remains of the ship are open at both ends, as do a giant tube that lay on its side, and its cargo deck still holds hundreds of wrecked and damaged cars.
It was humid and cloudy Wednesday in Edisto Beach, South Carolina.
Mayor Jane Darby said, “The kind of day you can feel like the weather wants to go ahead.”
The forecast for Barrier Island, 30 miles (48 kilometers) below the coast from Charleston, was similar to a heavy summer thunderstorm – an inch or two (2.5 to 5 centimeters) of rain, gusts of about 40 mph (64 kph). Winds blowing from And maybe a little beach erosion. Similar conditions were expected at other South Carolina beaches, which tend to haunt visitors during the extremely busy summer, mostly overnight.
“Businesses are struggling much more with workers in short supply than they are troubled by this storm,” Darby said. “That’s where the tension is now.”
in between, US Coast Guard Said that 13 people were rescued from a boat that left Cuba with 22 people on board late Monday. Nine people remained missing. Elsa was also convicted of three deaths before reaching Florida in the Caribbean.
Elsa is the first fifth named storm on record, said Brian McNoldy, a hurricane researcher. Miami University.
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